Network Management

Install or configure SNMP for Windows

This article provides steps to install or configure SNMP Service on Windows operating system.

First published date

10/11/2018 4:16 PM

Last published date

1/30/2025 7:49 PM

Overview

SolarWinds Orion products use the Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP) to collect detailed information about your server. To monitor a node, you need to configure SNMP on the node. This article is intended as an unofficial Microsoft article to help prepare a system for SNMP monitoring inside a SolarWinds Orion product.  

To view a step-by-step video, go to Install or configure SNMP for Windows - video

Product section

Orion Platform

Resolution

 

Orion Platform products use the Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP) to collect detailed information about your server.  While configuring SNMP, certain values are already pre-configured for you. This is by design, to ensure that your server is monitored properly. There are some settings that you will not be able to configure.

 

  1. Open the Control Panel on your Windows machine.
  2. Open the Programs and Features.
  3. Select Turn Windows features on or off.
  4. On Windows workstations (Windows 10) select Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP) and install it.

  1. On Windows Server 2016 and above you'll have to click Next in the Add Roles and Features Wizard until you reach the Features sections where you can install the SNMP Service.
  1. Install SNMP Service

NOTE: The system will automatically install SNMP Tools required by the service.
 

After installing the SNMP service, configure it appropriately. 

  1. Run services.msc as administrator.
  2. Navigate to the Properties of the SNMP service.
  3. Select Automatic as the Startup type. The service always runs, even after turning your computer off and on again.
  4. For monitoring purposes, select all of the services on the Agent tab to have all SNMP properties available.

  1. Click on the Security tab and adjust the security parameters like the community string and the IP/host filter list to your security compliance. For example, add the community string public with READ ONLY rights and accept SNMP packets from at least the address of your monitoring server.

 

 

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